Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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